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How communications and data services have revolutionised Ocean Observing

Discover how advancements in communications and data services have transformed ocean observing, enabling us to better understand the role of the oceans in the climate system and predict climate patterns. Learn about new technologies such as animal tagging and mapping under the sea ice. Gain insights into the challenges of sustaining observations and the benefits of a comprehensive subsurface ocean observing system.

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How communications and data services have revolutionised Ocean Observing

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  1. How communications and data services have revolutionised Ocean Observing Katy Hill, Programme Officer, Ocean Observations Panel for Climate

  2. The role of the oceans in the climate system Nuccitelli et al., 2012

  3. Observing the ocean… “That's life at sea: you get what you get and you don't get upset.” Martin Visbeck, GEOMAR.

  4. Ship Observations (SOOP/VOS)

  5. Repeat Hydrography

  6. Moorings (Red) and Drifters (Blue)

  7. Argo: a revolution in Oceanography: routine global subsurface ocean observations

  8. The challenges of sustaining observations

  9. New Technologies…

  10. Animal Tagging: Elephant Seals • Mapping under the sea ice for the first time (complement Argo) From Steve Rintoul Charassin et al., 2008

  11. Key messages • Understanding the ocean is essential to understanding our climate system, and our ability to predict it. • Absorbing most of the excess heat, and a large chunk of the carbon. • Drives inter-annual variability in the tropics, and decadal variability at mid-latitudes. • We are only beginning to see the benefits of a comprehensive subsurface ocean observing system. • Enabled by advances in communications and data services.

  12. Thank you! Dr Katherine (Katy) Hill, OOPC Programme Officer. khill@wmo.int GCOS Secretariat,

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